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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Archer City (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Archer City. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Archer City is located in Archer County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Archer County: Baylor, Clay, Jack, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger & Young.

Below are the counties that are near Archer City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Archer City:

  • Archer County     (The home county of Archer City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Archer City, with the one closest to Archer City listed first.
    • Anarene ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anarene have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anarene
      • Anarene is located in Archer County
    • Scotland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
      • Scotland is located in Archer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotland <2>
    • Windthorst
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Holliday
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lakeside City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside City
      • Lakeside City is located in Archer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,008 people
    • Dundee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
      • Dundee is located in Archer County
    • Megargel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Baylor County
    • Round Timber ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Timber have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
      • Round Timber is located in Baylor County
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Archer City, with the one closest to Archer City listed first.
    • Shannon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
      • Shannon is located in Clay County
    • Bluegrove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Joy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
      • Joy is located in Clay County
    • Jolly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
      • Jolly is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
    • Dean
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
      • Dean is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Henrietta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Archer City, with the one closest to Archer City listed first.
    • Antelope
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
      • Antelope is located in Jack County
    • Jermyn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Postoak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
      • Postoak is located in Jack County
  • Wichita County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Archer City, with the one closest to Archer City listed first.
    • Kamay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kamay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamay
      • Kamay is located in Wichita County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kamay <2>
    • Wichita Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Wichita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
    • Iowa Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Park
      • Iowa Park is located in Wichita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,431 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa Park <2>
  • Young County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Archer City, with the one closest to Archer City listed first.
    • Farmer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
      • Farmer is located in Young County
    • Olney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
      • Olney is located in Young County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,074 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <2>
    • Loving
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Padgett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Padgett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padgett
      • Padgett is located in Young County
    • Newcastle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newcastle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
      • Newcastle is located in Young County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcastle <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Archer City, see our County-by-County Page for Archer City.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Archer City ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Archer City.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Archer City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Archer City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Archer City.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Archer City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Archer City:

Cemeteries Near Archer City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Archer City.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Archer City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Archer City, with the one closest to Archer City listed first.

  • Archer City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • West Fork Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Windthorst.
    • The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Windhorst Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1703567 <4>
  • Stewart Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stewart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stewart Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7090 <4>
  • Lake Creek Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Holliday Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • St. Luke Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bowman Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Kickapoo Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Kickapoo Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kickapoo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4624 <4>
  • Halsell Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Halsell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Halsell Cemetery
  • Continue List   (43 more) ...

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Archer City had a population of 135 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Archer City had a population of 1,723 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Archer City, with the one closest to Archer City listed first.

  • Holliday
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Olney
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
    • Olney is located in Young County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,074 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <2>
  • Farmer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
    • Farmer is located in Young County
  • Antelope
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
    • Antelope is located in Jack County
  • Dundee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Dundee is located in Archer County
  • Markley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Markley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markley
    • Markley is located in Young County
  • Wichita Falls
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Bluegrove
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Spring Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek is located in Throckmorton County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Jolly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
      • Jolly is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
    • Iowa Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Park
      • Iowa Park is located in Wichita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,431 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa Park <2>
    • Round Timber ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Timber have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
      • Round Timber is located in Baylor County
    • Postoak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
      • Postoak is located in Jack County
    • Henrietta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Archer City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Archer City.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Archer City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Archer City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Archer City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5956, Longitude: -98.6257    
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Archer City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.









 

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